Oliver Phelps

Oliver Phelps (21 October 1749-21 February 1809) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 17) from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1805, preceding Silas Halsey.

Biography
Oliver Phelps was born in Poquonock, Connecticut in 1749, and he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he served in the Massachusetts State House from 1778 to 1780 and in the State Senate in 1785. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805, and he was Aaron Burr's running mate during his failed 1804 gubernatorial bid in New York. He later became a land speculator in western New York, but a depressed market forced him to sell most of his holdings.